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問屋

とんや

wholesale store; wholesaler

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Examples

  1. 父は米の問屋を営んでいる。

    ちちはこめのとんやをいとなんでいる。

    My father runs a rice wholesale business.

  2. そうは問屋がおろさないぞ。

    そうはとんやがおろさないぞ。

    You won't get away with it that easily.

  3. 問屋を通さずに、産地から直接仕入れる店が増えた。

    とんやをとおさずに、さんちからちょくせつしいれるみせがふえた。

    More shops now buy straight from the producing region instead of going through a wholesaler.

Common patterns

問屋を通す
to go through a wholesaler
卸問屋
a wholesale dealer
そうは問屋が卸さない
it won't be that easy

Memory tip

The everyday reading is とんや; といや is the older and regional form. The idiom そうは問屋が卸さない — 'the wholesaler won't sell it at that price' — means things won't go so conveniently.

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